Escaping the Cult: One cult, two stories of survival

Escaping the Cult: One cult, two stories of survival
Kristina Jones

Celeste Jones

Juliana Buhring

Natacha Tormey

The bestselling “Not Without My Sister”, detailing the incredible story of three siblings battling to escape the infamous Children of God cult, is for the first time combined with “Born Into The Children of God”, the shocking but inspiring account of Natacha Tormey, who underwent similar horrors.Follow the true stories of Juliana, Celeste and Kristina in “Not Without My Sister” as they struggled to flee from a community which denied them formal schooling, mercilessly beat them for unpredictable crimes and even forced them to watch and mimic orgies. When the girls’ mother manages to escape with Kristina, she is determined to return to the place of torture to free her remaining sisters – but will they all make it out together?In “Born Into the Children of God”, Natacha Tormey is exposed to similar terrors, torn away from her parents to be beaten daily and forced to sing and dance for entertainment in prisons and malls. When Natacha managed to escape at the age of 18, she found herself struggling to come to terms with the world she had left behind, yet unable to fit into the life she had run to. Shocking, moving, but ultimately inspiring, this is Natacha’s full story; both a personal tale of trauma and recovery, and an exposé of the secret world of abuse hidden behind commune walls.

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Contents

Cover (#u34d1d44b-092e-5e24-8b1b-ab19f5444a98)

Title Page (#u6e5ac6f8-9ce3-5fd1-8ed1-68297ed0172d)

Born into the Children of God (#u81628327-5eb5-56b3-81d7-b99dd15ecd84)

Not Without My Sister (#litres_trial_promo)

Moving Memoirs eNewsletter (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

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Contents

Cover (#u81628327-5eb5-56b3-81d7-b99dd15ecd84)

Title Page (#ulink_8e99c0f6-5aa5-5c77-8d4a-c0188383ed7b)

Acknowledgements (#ulink_329fa7fe-c1bd-50b3-9e4b-c0050da1e9a5)

Family Tree (#ulink_c98e567a-2e99-5e88-bd1d-81a6de811ea5)

Berg’s Household (#ulink_1cf31d16-ffb1-51ba-b048-1a1544ed97ba)

Prologue: Ants Are Bitter (#ulink_b9371213-d2d9-5328-9645-09345e8b5bbe)

Chapter 1: Moonlight and Star (#ulink_e55446a1-7e58-56bb-ab11-e3af3a238b0f)

Chapter 2: God’s Whores (#ulink_8297cdea-afa2-59c8-8b64-02089b19a8a4)

Chapter 3: Fairytales and Thunderbolts (#ulink_bf0d4f3d-63f2-5651-80d5-073aed6f3166)

Chapter 4: Dances for the King (#ulink_40578865-d813-501c-a4bf-e29f2b191e7c)

Chapter 5: Terror in the Shed (#ulink_2794cc91-68ec-5fc4-8dce-4c1113c15a41)

Chapter 6: Candles and Confessions (#ulink_b6709480-79ec-59f1-be02-12e86ae04d39)

Chapter 7: Torn Apart (#ulink_8e389d0b-c1f2-5fce-8b8d-c028406320f9)

Chapter 8: Ruled by Fear (#ulink_360bf93f-d4f0-5e31-b29d-22a4bbf1b862)

Chapter 9: From Russia with Love (#ulink_89d2e37b-0b10-5545-b5c6-5b289b7a6e12)

Chapter 10: Mutiny at Tea (#ulink_2aa71916-8e6d-5f8c-a8db-385dcbc8b6b8)

Chapter 11: Walking with Buffaloes (#ulink_ddf0563e-7ab2-5cd1-a799-5ce77320b0a3)

Chapter 12: The Devil’s Land (#ulink_395501ad-42b8-5f2c-84d5-9cd31e257a35)

Chapter 13: Stirrings (#ulink_e71b3546-5cdb-529b-93a5-df950f2174bb)

Chapter 14: A New Wine (#ulink_eeb3ae1b-0aad-51f6-8fcc-f98abf9bd0ce)

Chapter 15: Changing Tides (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16: Happy New End Time (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17: A Door Opens (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18: A Caged Bird (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19: The Urban Jungle (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20: The Prince Is Dead (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21: Reincarnation (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22: The Woman in the Mirror (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue: Buckinghamshire, 2014 (#litres_trial_promo)

Author’s Note (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgements (#u7e83eae7-0420-56e3-a892-eb831942ed33)

To my co-author, Nadene Ghouri, thank you for your hard work and commitment to this project. With your help my story has been brought to life and I am glad I had someone to share this journey with.

To my wonderful husband, thank you for encouraging me to face up to my past. Without your love I could not have found the immense happiness I feel today.

This book is the story of my past, based on what I saw and experienced in my childhood. It was not written with malicious intent, but as part of my road to recovery. I hope that by sharing it I will help raise awareness of the long-lasting effects a cult upbringing can have on an individual.